Genus Borrelia
Of bacteria genus and Treponemataceae.
Small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals.
This concept's ID is @1~6940
Spirochete
- borrelia
Cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever.
- Borrelia burgdorferi
Cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes.